354 CONTRIBUTIONS FEOM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



17. Parosela glaberrima (S. Wats.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 103. 1906. 

 Dalea glabcrrima S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 22: 470. 1887. 



Type locality: "On sand kills 30 or 40 miles south, of Paso del Norte," Chihuahua. 



Range: Southern New Mexico to Chihuahua. 



New Mexico: Mesilla (Wooton 35). Sandy fields, in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 



In the original description Doctor Watson says the plant is erect and branching, a 

 statement in which he is probably wrong. Dalea arenaria Jones, 1 is doubtless very 

 near this species, as the author suggests. Our plant has the prostrate, matlike habit 

 of D. arenaria and grows on the sands, but is certainly perennial and the bracts are 

 very different. 



18. Parosela aurea (Nutt.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Club 5: 196. 1894. 

 Dalea aurea Nutt. Gen. PI. 2: 101. 1818. 



Type locality: "On gravelly hills, near White River, Missouri." 



Range: From the Upper Missouri to the eastern borders of the R,ocky Mountains, 



south to western Texas. 

 New Mexico: Cross L Ranch; Las Vegas; Nara Visa; Portales; Re'dlands. Open 



hills and plains, in the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. 



19. Parosela lachnostachys (A. Gray) Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. ed. 2. 6. 1900. 

 Dalea lachnostachys A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1: 46. 1852. 



Type locality: Hills about 80 miles west of the Pecos, Texas. 



Range: Western Texas and southwestern New Mexico to southern Arizona and 

 adjacent Mexico. 



New Mexico: Dog Spring (Mearns 2387). Lower Sonoran Zone. 



Characterized by the very densely flowered hispidulous thick spikes 5 to 8 cm. 

 long and the peculiar glands. The stems are thickly beset with black tuberculate 

 conical glands and the leaflets bear a sirigle row of glands near the margin, with occa- 

 sionally a few scattered over the back. 



20. Parosela jamesii (Torr.) Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 16. 1897. 

 Psoralea jamesii Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 175. 1828. 



Dalea jamesii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 308. 1838. 



Type locality: "Sandy plains of the Canadian." (Oklahoma?). 



Range: Western Texas and New Mexico to Colorado. 



New Mexico: Pecos; Las Vegas; west of Santa Fe; Willard; Carrizozo; H'llsboro; 

 Apache Teju; Silver City; Mangas Springs; Knowles; Queen; Torrance. Dry plains 

 and hills, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



21. Parosela wrightii (A. Gray) Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 16. 1897. 

 Dalea wrightii A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1: 49. 1852. 



Type locality: "Dry hills 80 miles west of the Pecos, and on the mountains near 

 El Paso," Texas. 



Range: Western Texas to southern Arizona, and adjacent Mexico. 



New Mexico: Hillsboro; Tortugas Mountain; Bishops Cap. Dry hills, in the 

 Lower Sonoran Zone. 



22. Parosela nana (Torr.) Heller, Bot. Expl. Texas 49. 1895. 

 Dalea nana Torr.; A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 4: 31. 1849. 



Type locality: "Sandy soil, Willow Bar, on the Cimarron," New Mexico? 



Range: Kansas to Texas and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Nara Visa; Organ Mountains; south of Roswell. Dry plains and 

 hills, in the Lower and Upper Sonoran zones. 



Parosela neomexicana (A. Gray) Heller, 2 notwithstanding its name, probably does 

 not come into New Mexico, although it may occur in the extreme southwest corner 

 along with other species of similar distribution. 



1 Contr. West, Bot. 12: 8. 1908. 



2 Dalea mollis neomexicana A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1: 47. 1852. 



